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My guess is that it's asking whether something is good or not, similar to
saying **いいですか**.

So my question is what form is this and what does it stem from?


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meaning word-usage
How do I understand いいかしら


As (the other) Will suggested in the comments, there are already several posts
where you can learn more about the usage of かしら. As a short answer to your
question:

Rather than いいですか, in most (if not all) situations it's better to think of it
as a version of saying いいかも(しれない), e.g. after someone suggested something, it
could be used as a response meaning like "a yeah, that might be good/work".


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They are the same, except いいかしら is feminine. If a dude was to utter it, it is,
well, fabulous.

Just to confirm, as you wrote "something is good or not" - both いいですか？ and
いいかしら？ are asking for permission/confirmation to go ahead, as opposed to
asking if something is good or bad in quality.

similar:

  * いいかな？casual
  * いいかしら？feminine
  * よろしいですか？formal

(seen in confirmation dialog of a software like, Deleting the file. Are you
sure? ファイルを削除します。よろしいですか？)

Also look here, in the manga panel, a lady in Kimono is saying おとなり いいかしら？ -
may I sit next to you?

<https://one-news.jp/article/rss/37609>


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